Elbert Hubbard (1856 - 1913)
The article "A Message To Garcia"
has the distinction of having been the most reproduced during the
lifetime of the author, of any article in the history of the United
States. There were 40 million copies printed and it was translated into
all written languages.
Many more copies have been made since
the death of the author. Herbert Hubbard and his wife were passengers
in the ill-fated transatlantic Lusitania, sunk by a German submarine on
May 7, 1915. Both died. Hubbard was a devout individualist, with strong
beliefs on the ability and the responsibility of each person to forge
his or her own destiny. Hubbard had many qualities, wrote several books
and his achievements were many, but none reached the messianic
proportions of "A Message To Garcia."
Andrew S. Rowan
Lieutenant
Colonel Andrew S. Rowan was a graduate of the US Military Academy at
WestPoint, class of 1881. At the time of A Message To Garcia, he was a
lieutenant stationed in Washington, D.C. When he was commissioned by
President William McKinley to take a letter to Major General Calixto
Garcia, somewhere in the eastern part of Cuba, he did not ask
questions, but prepare to carry out his orders at once, to the best of
his ability. This "consider-it-done" attitude is what prompted Elbert
Hubbard to write his famous article "A Message to Garcia."
After
his service in Cuba and a subsequent promotion, Captain Rowan was
assigned to command Company I of the 19th Infantry and sent to The
Philippines. In an excellent article about his grandfather's diary,
Norman Cameron mentions him while relating the role of the US Army in
the Philippines:
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/scriven/bohol-history.html
Colonel
Rowan wrote an article in 1923, after retiring from the Army, where he
relates the many obstacles that he had to overcome and vicissitudes
that he had to endure to deliver the Message To Garcia.
In
his article, Rowan reveals the content of the message he delivered.
Among other things, he states that the message was oral, that the
letter was a presentation letter from the State Department to the Cuban
Junta in Jamaica. But...I am getting ahead of myself! The article of
Col. Rowan will be the subject of the next three parts of this series.
Calixto García Iñíguez (1839 - 1898)
Calixto
Ramón García Iñíguez was born at Holgüín, Cuba on August 4, 1839 and
died of pneumonia at the Raleigh Hotel, in Washington, D.C. on December
11, 1898. His grandfather, Calixto García de Luna Izquierdo had been in
the military service of Spain and was one of the few survivors of the
Battle of Carabobo, in Venezuela in 1821, where he lost a hand. Retired
to Cuba, he was a strong advocate of abolition and of fair treatment
for citizens of Ultramar (overseas or Spaniards born in America). He
chose to drop the aristocratic "de Luna" part of his name. Legend has
it that they were descendants from a IX Century Pamplona king.
Thanks
to the Hubbard article, Calixto Garcia gained world fame. His name was
known in the remotest corners of the globe, no small achievement for a
citizen of a small and new country like Cuba. The name of this Cuban
lawyer and general resounded everywhere.
Calixto Garcia wrote
a detailed summary of the Spanish-American War or the American
involvement in the Cuban War of Independence, following Lt. Rowan's
visit and his subsequent commissioning of several of his top officers
to accompany him back to the US to help the American effort. His
official report, dated July 15, 1898 and sent to his superior officer,
Commander in Chief of the Cuban forces, the Dominican Republic national
General Máximo Gómez Báz, is available online at:
http://www.spanamwar.com/Garcia.htm
As
the years have gone by, the name of this Cuban patriot is still
mentioned often in the United States, because the article became a
motivational classic and is still used in many self-improvement
courses. Perhaps most people no longer remember the man that the
message was addressed to, but they still remember his name and that a
message existed.
President William McKinley (1843 - 1901)
President
McKinley, the 25th President of the United States, was shot by an
gunman at Buffalo NY, on September 6, 1901 and died as a result, on
September 14th, 1901. His Vice President, Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt,
thus became the 26th President of the United States.
The
Spanish-American War had much to do with his having been chosen as Vice
Presidential candidate for the elections of 1900 and therefore, made it
possible for him to become President upon McKinley's death.
Next issue: How I carried A Message to Garcia Part 5 of 8
The article "A Message To Garcia"
has the distinction of having been the most reproduced during the
lifetime of the author, of any article in the history of the United
States. There were 40 million copies printed and it was translated into
all written languages.
Many more copies have been made since
the death of the author. Herbert Hubbard and his wife were passengers
in the ill-fated transatlantic Lusitania, sunk by a German submarine on
May 7, 1915. Both died. Hubbard was a devout individualist, with strong
beliefs on the ability and the responsibility of each person to forge
his or her own destiny. Hubbard had many qualities, wrote several books
and his achievements were many, but none reached the messianic
proportions of "A Message To Garcia."
Andrew S. Rowan
Lieutenant
Colonel Andrew S. Rowan was a graduate of the US Military Academy at
WestPoint, class of 1881. At the time of A Message To Garcia, he was a
lieutenant stationed in Washington, D.C. When he was commissioned by
President William McKinley to take a letter to Major General Calixto
Garcia, somewhere in the eastern part of Cuba, he did not ask
questions, but prepare to carry out his orders at once, to the best of
his ability. This "consider-it-done" attitude is what prompted Elbert
Hubbard to write his famous article "A Message to Garcia."
After
his service in Cuba and a subsequent promotion, Captain Rowan was
assigned to command Company I of the 19th Infantry and sent to The
Philippines. In an excellent article about his grandfather's diary,
Norman Cameron mentions him while relating the role of the US Army in
the Philippines:
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/scriven/bohol-history.html
Colonel
Rowan wrote an article in 1923, after retiring from the Army, where he
relates the many obstacles that he had to overcome and vicissitudes
that he had to endure to deliver the Message To Garcia.
In
his article, Rowan reveals the content of the message he delivered.
Among other things, he states that the message was oral, that the
letter was a presentation letter from the State Department to the Cuban
Junta in Jamaica. But...I am getting ahead of myself! The article of
Col. Rowan will be the subject of the next three parts of this series.
Calixto García Iñíguez (1839 - 1898)
Calixto
Ramón García Iñíguez was born at Holgüín, Cuba on August 4, 1839 and
died of pneumonia at the Raleigh Hotel, in Washington, D.C. on December
11, 1898. His grandfather, Calixto García de Luna Izquierdo had been in
the military service of Spain and was one of the few survivors of the
Battle of Carabobo, in Venezuela in 1821, where he lost a hand. Retired
to Cuba, he was a strong advocate of abolition and of fair treatment
for citizens of Ultramar (overseas or Spaniards born in America). He
chose to drop the aristocratic "de Luna" part of his name. Legend has
it that they were descendants from a IX Century Pamplona king.
Thanks
to the Hubbard article, Calixto Garcia gained world fame. His name was
known in the remotest corners of the globe, no small achievement for a
citizen of a small and new country like Cuba. The name of this Cuban
lawyer and general resounded everywhere.
Calixto Garcia wrote
a detailed summary of the Spanish-American War or the American
involvement in the Cuban War of Independence, following Lt. Rowan's
visit and his subsequent commissioning of several of his top officers
to accompany him back to the US to help the American effort. His
official report, dated July 15, 1898 and sent to his superior officer,
Commander in Chief of the Cuban forces, the Dominican Republic national
General Máximo Gómez Báz, is available online at:
http://www.spanamwar.com/Garcia.htm
As
the years have gone by, the name of this Cuban patriot is still
mentioned often in the United States, because the article became a
motivational classic and is still used in many self-improvement
courses. Perhaps most people no longer remember the man that the
message was addressed to, but they still remember his name and that a
message existed.
President William McKinley (1843 - 1901)
President
McKinley, the 25th President of the United States, was shot by an
gunman at Buffalo NY, on September 6, 1901 and died as a result, on
September 14th, 1901. His Vice President, Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt,
thus became the 26th President of the United States.
The
Spanish-American War had much to do with his having been chosen as Vice
Presidential candidate for the elections of 1900 and therefore, made it
possible for him to become President upon McKinley's death.
Next issue: How I carried A Message to Garcia Part 5 of 8
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